shield cant play full PC games on the go, only through nvidia's remote play, just like the PSVita with the PS3.

still the PSVita is better, since it has the OLED screen, games look better(PSVita is still the portable graphics king) and you can actually play REAL games on the go, unlike shield which will only play those crappy games from the android market(google play store) on the go.

if it could actually handle PC games on the go it would be a serious threat for the PSVita, but since it doesnt i smell a huge flop, and the sad part of this is that it looks like nvidia will spend the rest of 2013 supporting shield and mobile devices which is a huge slap to the PC gaming community since we were expecting the announcement of the GTX700 series video cards :(

Well crappy android market games to date, yes. Games possibly in the future? no.

Last I heard in the spring, the Terga 4 processor was supposed to have better graphical potential than the 360. Not sure how the ps3 holds up in comparison but it has to be extremely close, if it isn't better.

Last I checked vita didn't have the graphical power of the ps3.

So, game selection might be better on the Vita. Games that are developed for shield are gonna be much more polished and just better looking though.

The Android market may not have many proper videogames as of yet, but as products like the Ouya and these gaming tablets grow more popular, they may attract the interest of big-name companies. After that it'll only be a matter of time before companies like EA begin to target Android(at least Tegra) for their multiplatform PC/Console titles.

EDIT: All the website says is that Shield has a retinal display, but it's going to ship for $400-$500 like I suspect, it'll probably have an IPS display. I personally prefer OLED for its true blacks, but a lot of people prefer IPS because they're considerably brighter than OLED/AMOLED, and their colors are more accurate as well.

1. Gamepad is like proper gamepad with L1R1 and L2R2. 2. Second it supports native output and playback of 4K resolution video over HDMI. 3. Games aren't gonna cost fortune like other handheld devices. 4. Longer battery life. 5. Finally the real talent (which are freelance people) will be able to release games without the need of greedy publishers, scrutinizing/micromanaging studios and art hating/color hating/bunch of corporate high level staff who wouldn't know even how to play a game but rules and interferes or restrict talented skilled geniuses from bringing some new ideas in the gaming industry.

Questions. 1. Screen ... is it an OLED/LED/LCD??? 2. Will there be charge for accessing Tegrazone. 3. Latency when streaming game from PC. 4. Will u be able to stream just video games or can also stream video files/audio files???

OLED is the future, colors can be calibrated to heart's content ... whereas on IPS Panel True Blacks cannot be achieved because any variance of LCD based tech simply cannot generate it at all. It is because of its lacking ability and dependence on light source being used in the back or side of the panel.

So yeah ... OLED is the true Successor of CRT tele when it comes in true blacks, colors and visual fidelity.

Sounds pure pointless, like all of those gamepad attachments for Android devices. Hardly any games make use of dual sticks (and well) because catering to the standard control - touch - is more cost effective.

@metroid I happen to have a HD6670 and it makes a punchline out of the Wii U.

@DeadlyFire But there are already plenty of devices that can steam this stuff. It doesn't take anything really special to stream content. I would save money and get what will probably be a cheaper android device and do the same thing with a cheap attachment.

What good is a Tegra4 for the 99.9% of low-demanding android games or even .1% of slightly demanding ones?

I didn't disagree, btw. I can appreciate that based on my comment you might think I didn't realize that part, since I didn't bother mentioning it.

Actually it ended up working just fine and they did a couple game demos including connecting to Steam. Props to NVIDIA for doing a demo of what is clearly still beta hardware and software. It looks very promising.

"Project Shield is a Tegra 4 based console with a Micro SD card slot, a full sized HDMI port, and a MicroUSB port at the back of the controller." http://www.geek.com/article... I basically have a console streaming from pc to hdtv..

Almost all new devices get good press and reaction when they are announced, particularly when they are from a company like NVidia, which is continuously researching and developing some of the most advanced chips out there.

If this had been a proprietary console, similar to PS3, 360, Vita, 3DS, etc, then I would have been keenly interested, as it meant another competitor in the market.

As it stands, it's just a handheld droid device, of which I already have several. Likely being a very open platform means it's going to be hacked to all hell, which means very little developer support outside the indie scene. Much the way it is now.

Edit: That screenshot can be misleading, after reading that it's a 5 inch screen. It's still not something that can fit in my pocket and that is what I think a real portable device should be. Among the specifications of the unit and stuff.

Not exactly supposed to be a portable game system. I mean, it is portable. If people can magically carry around tablets (which do NOT fit in your pocket either), then people can put this in their bags too.

But that's something else, because the main point of this device is to stream your games from your PC to the handheld or the tv OR to stream android to the tv.